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Carved Crafted Sandwiches, located at Waterside Place, will serve hot and cold sandwiches, salads, bowls, soups, beer and wine. They will also have grab and go items.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • October 24, 2025
Gourmet sandwich shop to open in Waterside Place at Lakewood Ranch

Owned and operated by Mark and Carrie Botros, Carved Crafted Sandwiches makes its debut early in November.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Elisha DeMassa's husband Michael DeMassa, Janine Lebano and Sue McGregor
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 25, 2025
The Bay Sarasota group starts new run and walk club

The Bay's new club offers both run and walk routes, attempting to appeal to all ages and abilities.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By PIckleballing Pete |
  • October 9, 2025
Local Pickleball Coach to Compete in World Championships

Pete Capobianco, also known as Pickleballing Pete, will be competing in the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour 2025 World Championships.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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In a vote of 4-3, Manatee County commissioners opt not to renew the county's contract with the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 19, 2025
County ends funding of Manatee EDC

Other public and private sources still exist, but commissioners question the value of their contribution.

  • East County
  • News
Pepper shrimp is just one of many cross-cultural dishes popular in Trinidad and Tobago and available on the menu at Flambo, the newest restaurant to open on St. Armands Circle.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 22, 2025
Trinidadian cuisine on the menu at new St. Armands spot

A new family-run Caribbean restaurant called Flambo quietly opened on St. Armands Circle and looks forward to bringing energy to its new home.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Lakewood Ranch's Katelyn Diaz, 19, is studying business and learning through hands-on experience with Sip n Brew.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • September 27, 2025
New business owners connect with Lakewood Ranch through coffee

Sip n Brew, a new coffee trailer owned and operated by a Lakewood Ranch family, will be at various locations throughout each week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Sarasota Music Festival 2023 fellows Ellen Hayashi, Ray Wyant, Melanie Chen and Daniel Itzkowitz relax with their instruments.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • September 3, 2025
Music director's exit ushers in period of change at the Sarasota Music Festival

The 2026 festival will be scaled back to two weeks and curated by faculty members.

  • Arts + Culture
A Sarasota County Sheriff's Office investigator leads Christopher A. Borchardtinto custody following his arrest July 25 on robbery charges.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 25, 2025
Sarasota man charged in two robberies of the same branch

USF Credit Union was robbed in June and July. The suspect lived a block away.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Danee Barnett Weight Loss & Wellness |
  • June 26, 2025
Losing Weight, Gaining Life

After years of struggle, Alexis and Jerry found success and even survival through a program that focuses on food, habits, and healing from within.

  • Health
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Sarasota County Commission Chairman Joe Neunder presides over the commission's July 1 budget workshop.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 10, 2025
Preliminary Sarasota County budget shows 4% spending increase

Sarasota County's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes requests for 152 new full-time positions.

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To recognize Domestic Violence Awareness month, GFWC's Woman's Club of Sarasota, including members Diana Freidinger, center, and Sharlene Cox, right, presented victim advocate Talia Casey with $1,400 and donated items to support Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's mission.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 3, 2025
Woman's club raises $1,400 for domestic violence victims

The GFWC's Woman's Club of Sarasota raised $1,400 and collected donated items to support survivors of domestic violence for its Day of Service.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida visiting the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum in Savannah, GA
  • By Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida |
  • August 28, 2025
Girl Scouts is where girls grow and families connect within our communities.

Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida is helping the next generation of changemakers thrive.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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Amy Steinhauser, executive director of The Paradise Center, leads the effort to pack up materials from the community center in anticipation of the move to Longboat Island Chapel.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • September 9, 2025
Paradise Center makes final moving preparations

The community center expects to reopen at its new location with Longboat Island Chapel on Sept. 29.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ariel Aparicio-Jerro has taken over the reins of WSLR/Fogartyville from founders Arlene Sweeting and David Beaton.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • October 10, 2025
Fogartyville hosts free concert and annual open house

Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly will perform Sunday, Oct. 12.

  • Arts + Culture
Employees will mainly be working out of cubicles, but the administration building has several collaborative meeting spaces of all sizes.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 17, 2025
Manatee County starts shift of some administration services to Lakewood Ranch

Director of Property Management Cary Knight provides a first look inside the new administration building at 9000 Town Center Parkway.

  • East County
  • News
Andy Sandberg is artistic director and CEO of Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 2, 2025
Beachside artist retreat offers to buy property from Sarasota County

Ten months after Hurricane Milton, Hermitage Artist Retreat awaits Sarasota County to repair several buildings; makes bid to purchase the county-owned property and complete restoration.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Summerfield Bluffs' Angela Abrams was trying to save old family photos while determining what was salvageable after Hurricane Debby engulfed her neighborhood in water.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 26, 2025
FEMA offers tips to prevent flooding

Experts will answer questions at Lowe's in Creekwood Crossing.

  • East County
  • News
Paradise players Owen Barnett, Andres Freire and Jeffrey White helped lead the team to a division championship this season, but might not return in 2026.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • July 22, 2025
Sarasota Paradise ends amateur era with playoff loss

The soon-to-be professional soccer club will have a new look in 2026.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mirabai Holland has developed a stretch exercise technique called Moving Free. The certified health coach has perfected and refined the craft during her 30 years of teaching.
  • By Mirabai Holland |
  • October 7, 2025
Prevent muscle injury with appropriate tendon stretch

The Golgi tendon organs connect the muscle to the tendon and stretching can improve flexibity.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A 10-foot sidewalk runs along the west side of Bourneside Boulevard from State Road 64 to University Parkway. A 15-foot trail for the east side of Bourneside Boulevard between State Road 70 and University Parkway is being negotiated between Manatee County and Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 10, 2025
Roads take back seat to trails in Manatee transportation priorities

It costs four times more to build a road than a shared-use path.

  • East County
  • News
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